Bringing the organ trio back online! 4/11 at Dabney & Co, 4/12 at North Star Lounge. Featuring David Ward on drums and Robert Mason (from Columbus!) on organ. anestmusic.com drinkswithdabney.com nstarlounge.com
Buy tix in advance for North Star!

Driving and gigging and sleeping and driving and gigging and sleeping and...

It's not a bad life

Yesterday: Played another house concert, this time with Beth Wimmer and her partner Mike. They are amazing hosts. Stayed up late getting drunk and playing tunes with Mike. Met many beautiful people and felt a lot of love. Tonight is the 6th show of 12. Playing in Oberhofen.

Highlights of today; Stopped at the Rheinfall; it's still stunning. Played a house concert for 30 people which was nicer than playing last night in a mostly empty theater. Had delicious home cooked soup and other food that was NOT PASTA. Perfected the van packing system at last!

I left my keffiyeh in Bern. Free Palestine every day. Drove through E. France to get to Germany. Played at a little folk club to a very small audience. Sold a bunch of CDs though! R'n'R scripture - "There was no way they'd make even a half a tank of gas."

Pics of our hosts Beth & Michael & pets.

Drove to Bern and stopped at Coffee Coaching Club where everyone was very kind and we had amazing coffee. I walked around alone and bought postcards at a really cool artist collective - The Blackyard Shop. Then I went back to CCC to write them. They were playing Kevin's music at CCC. It was lovely.

Today we had raclette and then took a walk into the town of Frauenfeld where we stopped at a local bar to drink local whiskey in the afternoon. Because that's what you do on the road. Also I taught Gigi how to play Cribbage so that was fun. She almost won! About to get dressed and head to show #1.

Landed safe in Amsterdam. My seat mate was a young German documentary filmmaker who was returning from SXSW. He is making a film about how most Germans in the postwar period didn't want to talk about nazism and pretended that they were always against it...

I'm on tour in Switzerland/ Germany for the next 2 weeks. I'll post my tour diary here, hopefully lots of little posts and pictures. I got through airport security in Detroit and I'm at my gate 3 hours early. Kevin and Gigi will be here soon I'm sure. I'm excited to play and sing for twelve nights!

Stoked about 2 shows this weekend w/ Kat Steih & the Ferals! Sat in Pittsburgh with Foamer, Dream the Heavy, & Old Game. 8PM, $15, 21+, Poetry Lounge, 313 North Ave, Millvale.

Sun in Hamtramck at New Dodge Lounge with Sami Calamity, Shark Beach 2, Ypsi Clown Darlings, & New Entertainment. 7PM, $15.

Sometimes we see bumper stickers on cars with symbols we don't recognize, and we get paranoid and think, "is this some new white supremacist hate group?" Sometimes it is. And sometimes it isn't...

It's cold out here so bundle up and Free Palestine!

Hey friends, your last chance to see the Alex Anest Organ Trio until APRIL is coming up soon! Deets!
Alex Anest - Guitar
David Ward - Drums
Jim Alfredson - Organ
Trinity House Theatre
38840 Six Mile Rd, Livonia, MI
Friday, Jan 31 8:00-10:30PM
Venue/TIX - www.trinityhousetheatre.org

Short tour diary number 3!
I woke up in Cleveland at Jessica Parker's place. Jim and David picked me up, we grabbed lunch and headed down to Columbus. We're staying at a little vrbo in Westerville around the corner from where I grew up.